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Show Civilian Jeep Does Many Jobs The civilian jeep a four-wheel-drive, one-half ton truck designed for ujtiliity trucking and farm and country use has been provided with a ceiling price and will be on the market mar-ket before long, according to the office of price administration. administra-tion. The retail ceiling of $1090 f.o.l) Toledo, Ohio, does not cover cov-er optional ' equipment which may be bought with the car to add to its versatility, the OPA representative said. The jeep is, in effect, a new product, because be-cause never before has a jeep been manufactured for civilian civil-ian use. The vehicle may be used as a tractor in hauling heavy loads or cultivating farm crops, as a power plant in hoisting operations, opera-tions, :as a stationary engine and a variety of other uses, manufacturers say. |